J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Snapzzz

Far Queue wrote:I am well happy with them, they performed brilliantly. I just loved the way they powered through crud, and the push they gave when linking high speed turns down a long piste. My general speed went up so much this week,

I could have written that.

I love them, they are awesome.

Far Queue wrote: :shock: Your Nomads look straighter than mine!

How do you mean?
less side cut?

Tony_H wrote:

Stewart Dowling wrote:Wait till you ski with Tony.
You will be hysterical.

I can't remember the last time you skied with me. You were too busy hiding in cafes all day )

They have cafes in england.

rossyhead wrote:Nice video-very jealous but does it not get annoying no sking with the full use of two poles?!
Do ou have 2cmera or just mount one on skis a the lift?

Also, I need to learn how to do the speed up thing in th moviemaker-what do you use?

I don't ski constantly with the camera. All this was filmed in one day and prob about 10 mins at a time. I did the same run about three times. Once with the cam on pole, then later on my boot, then later again with it on my helmet.
I go to ski not film but its fun to do and now i have a nice reminder of my trip.
The camera gets mounted on the lift, as you suggest, most of the time.
And yes it is annoying without your pole, makes your arm ache, you look a bit silly and it takes concentration but i think its worth it.


The edit was done in iMovie on the Mac, I'm not sure how you edit in moviemaker but i am sure google will help you out on that.

And the speed up, well that is no edit.....its a new 8 man super fast lift. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Ian Wickham wrote:I have had my poles for 18 years and always clear my boots of snow with my poles ....... never broken one.
I guess that most holiday makers pick up this technique and think it looks cool the same as uncliping your binding with their ski, and I guess these will be the same people who will be complaining about the poor quality of rental skis :shock: :shock:

Ian, how do you unclip yours? I hate using my pole as it chews up my bindings but I'm also too unfit to bend down :-)
Perhaps i need to learn the Cuche method.

krisbateson wrote:Any help would be gratefully received. We are planning a last minute week and thought Flaine looks good. Any experience of Flaine for: skiing - we are good intermediate? apres ski? The place we are looking at is Flaine Foret - any good?

Thanks in anticipation

I just came back last week and i am in the process of writing a report but its slow going. Where are you looking at staying in foret?

The skiing was awesome, there was no new snow while we were there and the off piste is all tracked and packed but conditions are brilliant. The skiing in the Les Carroz area is stunning in the trees.

Apres is crap but i didn't care as i don't go to get hammered, i like to get up at 7:30 and get out there.

Don't think about it, book it.

AllyG wrote:I can think of some more things I hate/dislike:


14. Badly drawn up piste maps where either the grade/colour of the piste is wrong (in my opinion) or the layout is wrong.

OR you can't work out, from the map, which direction the piste runs! most are obvious, some are not and they should put little arrows on them!

AllyG wrote:

1. Worrying I'm going to get ill or hurt myself so I won't be able to go.

Jeez, i thought that was just my nurotic self. I worry for about 2 weeks prior that some git is going to give me the flu or something. In fact this year i very nearly had the flu jab for this very reason.

I would happily look myself in a clean room for a week or so just like astronauts do.